counterplay

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It isn’t as if Google has become some sort of AI counterplay.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 25, 2025

Black in this line must generate queenside counterplay to stave off White’s methodically building kingside attack, but some time-wasting moves by Black’s queen put Yip in the hole after 19.

From Washington Times • Jan. 2, 2024

White has picked up a second pawn and her knights prevent the Black rooks from generating any counterplay.

From Washington Times • Jul. 25, 2023

Black seeks counterplay on the a-file, but in the end only leaves himself exposed to White’s more powerful army: 21.

From Washington Times • Dec. 20, 2022

It is in the play and counterplay of these new forces that the American literature of the twentieth century must measure itself.

From The American Mind The E. T. Earl Lectures by Perry, Bliss